Apart from his trademark blue t-shirts, award-winning Japanese architect Takaharu Tezuka has made his mark designing buildings which are as much for the people who use them as they are in and of their surroundings Takaharu Tezuka may have travelled all over the world, lived in various countries and been exposed to many different cultures …

After his hugely successful floating cinemas for the film festivals in Thailand and Venice, Ole Scheeren delights moviegoers once again, this time with a unique experience at the Sharjah Biennial Ten years after its inception in 1993, Sharjah Biennial is still going strong as a celebrated cultural event in the Arab world. Despite the burgeoning …

Can a work-life balance truly be achieved in a business hotel? Take a look at East Beijing and you’ll see Jiangtai, a district in the northeast of Beijing located between the Fourth and Fifth Ring roads, might not be a familiar location for a hotel, but for one that positions itself as ‘a business hotel …

Even when celebrating his recent birthday in mid-March, Aqua Group’s David Yeo prefers to downplay his uniquely successful career “I don’t have a good-enough business head on me, so I’ve just been really lucky,” he says wryly. “You just follow your passion and you tick a few boxes.” The Singapore-born Yeo, now a British citizen …

Designer Zhoujie Zhang makes the leap from calligraphy to CAD A galactic fantasy of steelwork. More than 100 mini mirrors comprise this digitally-constructed, hand-welded masterpiece. Originally a classical calligraphy artist, Zhoujie Zhang now uses computer assisted design and his deep philosophical background to create these limite edition pieces. The perfect display piece for a personal …

Design Museum, London has partnered with design company Vitra to create a pop-up garden on the River Thames to celebrate the arrival of summer Housed in the museum’s display area on the riverfront (The Tank) the garden brings together some of the biggest names in design such as Charles and Ray Eames, Jasper Morrison, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Edward …